Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Two gunmen today barged into the sales centre at the Gafoors Land of Canaan Complex and carted off more than 6M.

(BBC) The British government has announced new measures to reduce immigration.

Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir today warned that a strike  by power workers in Georgetown and Linden contravened the Essential Services (Amendment) Act and that stern action will be taken.

The three Berbice business chambers today expressed concern over the one-week strike in the sugar industry and called for immediate solutions to the problems of the beleaguered Skeldon factory while urging the unions to desist from striking.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday received $67.5M worth of emergency relief supplies from the United States (U.S)

A Caribbean Airlines flight to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri was this morning re-routed to Trinidad because of heavy fog which enveloped the area as well as several parts of the coastland.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka, batting first on a  new pitch, struggled for runs on a restricted opening day of the  second test against West Indies to crawl to 84-3 at the close today.

The Inter-American Development Bank today announced approval of a US$20M loan for Guyana which will finance a programme that seeks to enhance urban and suburban mobility and safety, lower transport costs and reduce accident rates along the East Bank Demerara road up to Diamond.

The PNCR today released a message of condolence following the passing of former Deputy Prime Minister and PNCR Executive Winston Murray.

INCHEON, South Korea, (Reuters) – North Korea today fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean   island, killing two soldiers and setting houses ablaze, in one   of the heaviest attacks on its neighbour since the Korean War   ended in 1953.

PNCR Executive Winston Murray died at the Georgetown Public Hospital last night after 11 days in a coma; his passing inflicting a severe blow to his family, the party and the country.

Cleveland Thomas, a Christianburg head teacher who refused to promote low achievers in his secondary school was summoned to appear before the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) yesterday sparking protests by parents who support his stand.

Members of the Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday picketed the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) calling for an independent Caricom investigation of the upsurge in maternal deaths around the country since the situation has reached “crisis proportions”.

Guyanese teacher Edmay Hendricks was recently bestowed with the ‘Teacher of the Year’ award in the Bahamas.

Close to 70% of the workers attached to the Networks and Generation departments of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Company took indefinite strike action yesterday over a demand for a 15% across-the-board pay hike.

Today marks 19 days since 28-year-old Babita Sarjou was last seen by her family and her mother Champa Seenarine is pleading with anyone who knows of her whereabouts or what may have befallen her to contact them.

US doctors with expertise in neo-natal resuscitation and newborn intensive care are here conducting training courses across the country, and the first batch of local health professionals was drawn from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) The Ministry of Health invited the humanitarian arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to conduct the course under the theme, “Helping Babies Breathe (HBB).”

It has been more than a year and a half since former Supreme Court Registrar Sita Ramlal and Norman McLean were charged with four counts of conspiracy to defraud and the preliminary inquiry (PI) is yet to be concluded.

Fire officials believe that a radio which was “left on” yesterday morning started a blaze at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, which left millions of dollars in damage and two women homeless.

A 43-year-old man accused of manslaughter after unlawfully killing a woman when his vehicle hit her was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $300,000 when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Three months ago 19-year-old David Smartt was electrocuted while working at a sawmill in Rosignol.

Representatives of the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) are to meet today with Chief Labour Officer Yoganand Persaud to address the year-long impasse with the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI), following a meeting yesterday between PNCR Leader Robert Corbin and Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) recently renamed the Drill Square at the Colonel John Clarke Military School at Tacama in honour of Warrant Officer Class Two (rtd) Patrick Williams.

Communications giant, Digicel officially introduced the new Blackberry Torch smart phone in the country on Friday night, and it also kicked off a multi-million-dollar Christmas promotion.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Reigning champions Guyana and powerhouses Jamaica will raise the curtain on the 2011 Caribbean Twenty20 Championship when they clash in the feature match of the doubleheader on January 10 next year.

Over $15 million in conference advances granted to government officials between 2004 and 2008 are still outstanding and acting Accountant General George Abrams says that some of the persons who owe money have died while others cannot be found.

(BBC) Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has made a scathing attack on the BBC Panorama programme examining the bidding to stage the 2018 World Cup.

Calls were made for nurses to show care and compassion to their patients when the Guyana School of Nursing held its 27th Biennial graduation last week at the National Cultural Centre.

The Message of the Elcock Stable pulled off a narrow win in the feature B class race over rival Night Crescendo of the Crawford Stable in the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club season ending horse race meet on Sunday.

The Ministry of Education has lauded the US Embassy for its donation of a quantity of baby and hygiene kits to 20 teenage mothers, noting that the support is in keeping with its plans to afford teenage mothers an opportunity to continue their secondary education.

FIFA’s motto reads: “For The Good Of The Game.” Yet if that requirement was a yardstick used by world governing  body to keep national associations in power, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) would’ve been ousted many times over.

A 31-year-old Enmore man yesterday appeared at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court charged with stabbing his brother to death and was remanded to prison until December 6.

A man accused of having a gun in his possession without a licence was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Six municipalities have presented their 2011 budgets to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Kellawan Lall.

Adrian McKenzie, the man accused of hammering his mother in her head causing her death, was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The 11th annual Diamond Mineral Water 50 miles cycle road race is set for Sunday on the West Coast of Demerara.

A teenager accused of breaking into a woman’s house and stealing a DVD player and a quantity of CDs was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Former Olympic champion Liu Xiang raised a collective sigh of relief across China yesterday when he coasted to victory in his opening heat of the 110m hurdles to remain on track for his third straight Asian Games title.

National swimmer Ronaldo Rodrigues lost his 50m backstroke race to Travis Henry to miss out on a clean sweep of all 10 of the events that he participated in at the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) National Championships that ended last Sunday at the Castellani Swimming Pool.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will hold a press conference this morning at its headquarters, to update the media on the participation of the  Golden Jaguars  in the Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals in Martinique later this week.

Plans are on stream to have the more than 600 religious leaders, who were part of a special domestic violence training programme, partner with the Human Services Ministry in an organized manner to deal with the problem of domestic violence in communities.

Defending men’s champion Guyanese Avinash Persaud was in a devastating mood in retaining his title while Christine Sukhram secured the lion share of prizes in the ladies category at the rain-affected two-day R1 Vodka sponsored Guyana Open Golf championships played at Lusignan golf Course over the week-end.

Five months have passed since Eon Shurland was reunited with his grandmother, Katie after being missing for about 40 days; his mother is yet to be found and the Childcare and Protection Agency will review his case in another six months.

The Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities held its third Schools Disability Symposium among 19 schools last week, as part of observances for National Disability Week 2010.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Colin Borde has quit as manager of the Trinidad and Tobago team.

Dear Editor, Two news items have caught my attention recently. The first relates to the wire-tapping of several citizens, including the President, in Trinidad and Tobago under the previous People’s National Movement (PNM) government.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Full itinerary of the 2011 Caribbean Twenty20 Championship scheduled for January 10-23 in Antigua and Barbados next year.

A man who allegedly stole a gold chain and a number of items from a woman was on Friday placed on $35,000 bail after appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

A man accused by the police of robbing another of a gold chain and other items was on Friday admitted to bail in the sum of $75,000 after appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Junior swimmers Britany van Lange and Ronaldo Rodrigues have been selected by the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) to compete at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Short Course World Championships which will be held from December 15 – 19 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Dear Editor, The Traffic Chief should not allow himself to be drawn into the ‘Blame Game’ deception so often activated by either emotional letter writers or used as a façade by those in authority to conceal their own incompetence.

Dear Editor, The Guyana consulate office in New York needs to get its act together.

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A stampede on a bridge in Cambodia’s capital killed at least 345 people and injured nearly as many after thousands panicked on the last day of a water festival, authorities and state media said today.

NAGPUR, India (Reuters) – Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni batted with supreme authority yesterday to steer India into a huge lead as New Zealand were left with an uphill task of batting out two days to save the deciding test.

HANNIBAL, Mo (Reuters Life!) – One hundred years after reports of his death were correct, not exaggerated, Mark Twain is a hot commodity again with an autobiography on the best-seller list and a new CD celebrating his legacy.

The last six winners in the BillExpress ‘Christmas in October’ promotion had their names drawn recently, bringing the total number of winners to 12.

Dear Editor, Further to my letter published Sat Nov 20th, asserting that the demolished Bureau of Statistics building was not originally from the MacKenzie Terminal – the source of the misdirection has now been identified.

LONDON (Reuters) – A courtside entourage including former Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona watched Novak Djokovic open Group A at the ATP World Tour Finals yesterday with a 6-3 6-3 victory over Czech Tomas Berdych.

Dear Editor, This is a country where the ruling administration has turned using and abusing its law-abiding citizens into a fine art.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Seven-times Tour de France   winner Lance Armstrong is to compete in a triathlon event in  New Zealand after he finishes his competitive cycling career  at January’s Tour Down Under in Australia, organisers have said.

Water problems at the Port Kaituma Primary School, resulting from sloppy work by a contractor hired by the Region One Administration, have been rectified.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Impoverished Haiti, long afflicted by political turmoil and natural disasters, will hold presidential and legislative elections on Sunday under the scourge of a deadly cholera epidemic.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) went on trial at the International Criminal Court yesterday accused of letting his troops rape and kill in the Central African Republic.

ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Azhar Ali fell 10 runs short of a maiden test century as Pakistan reached 317 for six at the close on the third day of the second test against South Africa at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium yesterday.

Dear Editor, Many of the NDCs in Guyana seem to operate in a reactive mode.

A 40-year-old construction worker was electrocuted some time on Sunday night after he reportedly attempted to make an illegal connection at his Sophia home.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Works Minister Jack Warner said on Sunday that San Fernando East Member of Parliament, Patrick Manning, owes the country an apology after trying to “assassinate the character” of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Friday in Parliament.

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales yesterday urged Latin America to reject US anti-drug, anti-communist and anti-terror policies, calling them “pretexts for interventionism.”

Early in 2008, the Ministry of Education announced that all schools should have Parent-Teacher Associations.